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/ 27 September 2011
With Windows 8, Microsoft has a chance to lead in innovation again.
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/ 21 September 2011
Microsoft is trying to lift its stock price by boosting its dividend by 25%, the largest increase since the company started its quarterly payments.
For Mteto Nyati, MD of Microsoft South Africa, there’s one glaring challenge that defines the HR landscape in South Africa: the war for talent.
Google has lashed out at its biggest rivals and accused them of banding together to block the internet giant in the red-hot smartphone arena.
Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates has sold 90-million shares in 12 months, but still has 500-million; cash goes to help his foundation’s charitable work.
Microsoft is expected to post a 9% increase in fiscal fourth-quarter profit, but investors may be distracted by evidence of flickering PC sales.
Few people can name the CEO of Toyota, or LG. But how many of us know who runs Apple? Most ordinary folks have no trouble naming him.
Microsoft has signed a deal with Baidu, the biggest search engine in China, to provide English-language search results.
Microsoft is making its biggest move into the world of cloud computing this week as it takes the wraps off a online version of its Office software.
Facebook, Google and other tech giants have taken part in a global test of a new system designed to replace the dwindling pool of Internet addresses.
What’s the favourite sport of Silicon Valley billionaires? It’s not Segway polo (although that is still popular), it’s patent infringement lawsuits.
Steve Ballmer is a fighter, but he works for a ruthless capitalist in Bill Gates — and now a Wall Street hedge fund manager says he has to go.
The next version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system, due in autumn, will power Nokia handsets and claims to have more apps than Blackberry.
Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype, its biggest, is an $8.5-billion gamble to try to catch up with Apple and Google.
Google has launched an attack on Microsoft, announcing laptop computers called Chromebooks that will use its own operating system.
Skype’s owners, led by private equity firm Silver Lake, are set to earn more than three times their investment on the sale of Skype to Microsoft.
US software giant Microsoft is near to clinching a deal to buy internet telephony pioneer Skype for $7-billion to $8-billion, media reports say.
Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, has lashed out at internet rivals such as Apple and described Google as "evil".
The tablet computer market is heating up with new entrants all the time, but Apple’s iPad will remain the top device over the next few years.
Learners at a poor school in KwaZulu-Natal have discovered a new and fun way of learning, writes <b>Thabo Mohlala<b>.
Microsoft on Thursday threw its weight behind a probe by European Union authorities into whether Google is unfairly thwarting competition.
Few realise that Amazon doesn’t consider other retailers its big rivals anymore. No, Amazon is competing directly with the likes of Apple and Google.
Microsoft South Africa, a unit of the world’s largest software firm, will invest R475-million in four black-owned software firms.
Microsoft on Thursday announced the dismantling of a "notorious and complex" network of virus-infected computers that send billions of bogus emails.
Microsoft said on Wednesday it has sold more than 10-million Kinect motion-sensing game system units worldwide, breaking records.
Can Microsoft undergo that dramatic a transformation or are old dogs just incapable of learning new tricks?
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/ 16 February 2011
It might have seemed like a match made in heaven: the world’s greatest software company teaming up with the world’s leading cellphone manufacturer.
Nokia and Microsoft teamed up on Friday to build an iPhone killer in a desperate attempt to take on Google and Apple in the smartphone market.
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/ 13 January 2011
Microsoft’s R472-million black empowerment deal is due to come to fruition after months of delays and discussions with government.
Microsoft’s decision to make its new operating system run on Arm chips will leave it playing catch-up in the growing tablet computer market.
Tablet computers will lead a host of "smart" gadgets in the Nevada desert this week at the Consumer Electronics Show.